Roll up. Roll up. You gotta be in it to win it!!
It’s that time of year again! The film biz – and nearly everyone else who follows the movies – has miriad opinions as to who did what best on screen in the past 12 months.
Here’s your chance to demonstrate the way you think the Academy will vote. And the contributor who gets most picks right will receive a signed copy of Peter Besas’s bookInside Variety acknowledging their champion status. How can you fail to enter?
Below is a truncated list of categories.
Please pick one nominee from each category and email your choice toMuggs@simesite.net.
The 77th Academy Award Nominations
BEST PICTURE
THE AVIATOR
Scherer, Adams, Nicolaidi, Greenberg, Simkins, Blickstein, Pratley, Michie, Segers, Watkins, Torres, Hollinger,
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY *** WINNER ***
McBride, Meyer, Hardy, Gilbert (Geo), Stratton, Besas, Price, Silverman (Mike),
RAY
Marich,
SIDEWAYS
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Don Cheadle – HOTEL RWANDA
Meyer, Marich, Blickstein,
Johnny Depp – FINDING NEVERLAND
Torres,
Leonardo DiCaprio – THE AVIATOR
Pratley, Besas, Segers,
Clint Eastwood – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Scherer, Stratton,
Jamie Foxx – RAY *** WINNER ***
McBride, Hardy, Adams, Nicolaidi, Gilbert (Geo), Greenberg, Simkins, Michie, Watkins, Hollinger, Price, Silverman (Mike),
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Alda – THE AVIATOR
Pratley, Segers,
Thomas Haden Church – SIDEWAYS
Scherer, Greenberg, Hollinger, Silverman (Mike),
Jamie Foxx – COLLATERAL
Meyer, Marich, Blickstein, Stratton, Besas, Watkins, Torres,
Morgan Freeman – MILLION DOLLAR BABY *** WINNER ***
McBride, Hardy, Nicolaidi, Gilbert (Geo), Simkins, Blickstein, Michie, Price,
Clive Owen – CLOSER
Adams,
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening – BEING JULIA
Michie, Torres,
Catalina Sandino Moreno – MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Imelda Staunton – VERA DRAKE
Hardy, Greenberg, Segers, Watkins,
Hilary Swank – MILLION DOLLAR BABY *** WINNER ***
McBride, Scherer, Meyer, Adams, Nicolaidi, Gilbert (Geo), Simkins, Marich, Blickstein, Pratley, Stratton, Besas, Hollinger, Price, Silverman (Mike),
Kate Winslet – ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett – THE AVIATOR *** WINNER ***
McBride, Scherer, Meyer, Adams, Gilbert (Geo), Greenberg, Simkins, Pratley, Stratton, Besas, Michie, Segers, Watkins, Torres, Price, Silverman (Mike),
Laura Linney – KINSEY
Virginia Madsen – SIDEWAYS
Blickstein,
Sophie Okonedo – HOTEL RWANDA
Nicolaidi,
Natalie Portman – CLOSER
Hardy, Marich, Hollinger,
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE INCREDIBLES *** WINNER ***
McBride, Scherer, Meyer, Hardy, Adams, Nicolaidi, Gilbert (Geo), Greenberg, Simkins, Marich, Stratton, Besas, Michie, Watkins, Hollinger, Price, Silverman (Mike),
SHARK TALE
Blickstein, Torres,
SHREK 2
Pratley,
CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE AVIATOR *** WINNER ***
Scherer, Meyer, Hardy, Gilbert (Geo), Greenberg, Blickstein, Pratley, Stratton, Besas, Michie, Segers, Watkins, Hollinger, Price, Silverman (Mike),
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
McBride, Adams, Nicolaidi, Simkins,
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
Marich,
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Torres,
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT
DIRECTING
Martin Scorsese – THE AVIATOR
Scherer, Adams, Nicolaidi, Simkins, Pratley, Segers, Torres, Hollinger,
Clint Eastwood – MILLION DOLLAR BABY *** WINNER ***
McBride, Meyer, Hardy, Gilbert (Geo), Greenberg, Stratton, Besas, Michie, Watkins, Price,
Taylor Hackford – RAY
Marich, Blickstein, Silverman (Mike),
Alexander Payne – SIDEWAYS
Mike Leigh – VERA DRAKE
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
Scherer,
THE CHORUS
Hardy, Adams, Pratley, Segers,
DOWNFALL
Marich, Blickstein,
THE SEA INSIDE *** WINNER ***
McBride, Meyer, Nicolaidi, Gilbert (Geo), Greenberg, Simkins, Stratton, Besas, Michie, Watkins, Hollinger, Price, Silverman (Mike),
YESTERDAY
Torres,
VISUAL EFFECTS
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
Hardy, Simkins, Blickstein, Pratley, Besas, Price,
I, ROBOT
McBride, Marich, Stratton, Torres, Silverman (Mike),
SPIDER-MAN 2 *** WINNER ***
Scherer, Meyer, Adams, Nicolaidi, Gilbert (Geo), Greenberg, Michie, Segers,Watkins, Hollinger,
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
BEFORE SUNSET
Blickstein,
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Meyer, Hardy, Pratley, Stratton, Michie, Watkins, Silverman (Mike),
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
Simkins, Marich, Segers, Torres,
SIDEWAYS *** WINNER ***
McBride, Scherer, Adams, Nicolaidi, Gilbert (Geo), Greenberg, Besas, Hollinger, Price,
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
THE AVIATOR
Greenberg, Pratley, Hollinger,
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND *** WINNER ***
Scherer, Meyer, Hardy, Adams, Gilbert (Geo), Simkins, Marich, Blickstein, Stratton, Besas, Torres, Price,
HOTEL RWANDA
McBride, Nicolaidi, Michie, Silverman (Mike),
THE INCREDIBLES
VERA DRAKE
Segers, Watkins,